Friday, December 04, 2009
KATIE BIANCHIN
EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
The Vancouver Landfill (garbage dump), located directly in Burns Bog, is the final destination for garbage from 45% of Metro Vancouver. Last year alone over 1,250,000 tonnes of garbage were dumped into the Landfill adding another level to the seemingly endless mound.
Composting is an inexpensive and easy way of reducing up to 30% personal household waste.
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KRISTINE KRYNITZKI
COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR
So you may say “Bah, humbug” to the title alone, but perhaps Mr. Dickens was onto something more than just a famous Christmastime tale. Don’t we all value saving a little money? Keeping the temperature down in the office is an excellent energy saving tactic that saves money and also helps reduce greenhouse gases. Working by natural candlelight does too. From this story we can take away new meaning from its lesson of generosity and sharing. Make this holiday season one of giving back. Not just to friends and family, but also to the planet who has given so much to you.
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KRISTINE KRYNITZKI
COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR
Saturday, December 12, 2009 is Global Day of Action. Coinciding with the annual United Nations talks on climate change, millions of people around the world will band together on this day in a united effort to call upon world leaders to accept their responsibility to drastically reduce the anthropogenic effects of climate change. As one of the most effective carbon sequestering ecosystems, Burns Bog is geared up and ready for action.
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KATIE BIANCHIN
EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
 The South Fraser Perimeter Road (SFPR) is a mega-construction project to expand capacity and connection from Delta Port to the new Golden Ears Bridge
. The Ministry of Transportation (MoT) states that this project will have numerous benefits to trade, provincial travel and to local communities. Residents of the communities where this project is being built—Ladner, Tsawwassen, Delta, Surrey—argue that not only is the project unnecessary, but that it will have devastating effects. These effects include expropriation, the loss of some of BC’s most fertile farmland, removal of land from the Agricultural Land Reserve, demolishing of heritage homes & archeological sites, potential health affects from pollution and the overwhelming consequences this road will have on Burns Bog. Read on to find out how you are affected and what you can do about it.
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Take Action
Click here to sign the online petition to designate Burns Bog a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Click here to sign the online petition to help stop the South Fraser Perimeter.
Looking to gain meaningful experience in environment conservation? Volunteer for the Society today. Visit burnsbog.org for more details
NEW! Click here to donate securities (stocks, bonds and mutual funds) online through CanadaHelps. For more information click
here.
Have a great story idea you would like to see in the next issue? Email me at communications@burnsbog.org
Thank you!
Thank you to our recent supporters, BCTC, ecobc
, Nature's Path, The Organic Grocer, and Van Tel/Safeway Credit Union Legacy Fund.
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